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Old 06-25-2002, 04:08 PM
Sorcerer386 Sorcerer386 is offline
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Umm...I really don't agree with the money making scheme thing. First of all, any greatest hits thing has a few new songs, which hopefully at least one will spin off into a great single and hit. Also, I think it's a precursor to the new album to kind of get people back into the Fleetwood Mac groove. They've been away for five years almost, and while TISL was considered a "hit," still not too many people know about it. I think MAYBE the only reason why TISL was considered a hit was because it greatly surpassed expectations. If it were expected to hit the top ten, then I don't know how much praise it would have gotten, but it wasn't expected to do any better than Street Angel in it's first week (27000 its first week). Hits seem to be based more on expectations these days rather than number of units sold. SO, I think that this greatest hits package is just to get their name out there again before the new album. If all they wanted were money, they would just tour and not even release an album. Classic rock bands these days make much more money touring -- again going back to TISL, the tour made a lot of money for Stevie. Elton John's new album didn't do exceptionally well, yet his tour was huge. If they wanted money, they'd just tour. Then again, it could just be a money making scheme for the record company, but I don't care about them. I'm out to support Fleetwood Mac and will buy anything they want to release right now. I just want something new.
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